This is my second newsletter for LORD, LORD II, and Tournament LORD program authors and game players. Based on friends who have given me support, I will keep this newsletter going through September, at least. I would appreciate those of you who read this letting me know that you will support me, by providing entries for upcoming issues. From the start, I intended this to be either bi-monthly or quarterly. Doing one each two months doesn't work for me, so it will continue to be quarterly.
Legend of the Red Dragon version 4.05 public beta is available in these two ways: Download it from my Old Lord Versions Page, or download it directly from the LORD Legacy FTP Site. The archive is 333 KB in size, and the file link is: ftp://lord.lordlegacy.org/lordlegacy/versions/LORD405P.ZIP. It was released in March 2000 by Michael Preslar.. The HTML conversion of LordNews Issue #1 is now available, as well as the LordNews #1 HTML Archive file. It includes email addresses and web-site links. Paragraph reworded in 4/09/01 update.
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06/23/2000: HTML version of this LordNews Issue released. Also available in LordNews #2 HTML Archive file. The web-page conversion was started for me by Bobby Queen. It is different from the original Listbot text release, having been updated to cover events after April 2000, to correct editing errors, and to reflect other needed changes. Entries added in June 2000 are marked as "June 2000 Update". And with the debut of LordNews Issue #4 (ccigm-4.html), in August 2000, all subsequent newsletter issues were created from the start as web-pages. (Wording updated on 4/09/01.) 12/06/2000 Update: Corrected web-page's email/website address entries for Lord authors. 12/08 Update: Finished LORD author entry corrections. Lord Authors section updates are marked "12/06/2000 Update" and "12/08 Update". 12/11: Recent LORD Releases Section revised. HTML version of Issue #2 officially re-released.
03/31/01 Update: LORD v4.06, LORD II v1.2, and Planets: TEOS v2.02 updates were released by Michael Preslar in February 2001. See LordNews Issue #6 for more info. Download links for the updates are: LORD v4.06 (340 KB), LORD II v1.02 (456 KB), and Planets: TEOS v2.02 (276 KB). Added file D/L links on 4/07/01. 04/07-10/2001 Note: Updated issue where needed. Replaced any email/web-site addresses that had changed since the last update. The introduction was modified to cover current LORD program releases.
12/10/01: The LordNews mailing list is used to distribute newsletter status/update reports or actual issue release files to members. To subscribe to the current list, do the following (or use the following HTML form). Send email message to listserve@fidotel.com, with "subscribe lordnews" in message body. An alternate email account can also be specified.
12/24/01: Added Table of Contents; Release notes section header
line. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
1) The Darktech FTP server no longer lists BBS and/or LORD
files. They were removed due to problems with file management, etc.
2) Night Fire Software - John Winter's site closed. 3) Vandora
Software - Janet Terry's site closed. 4) Avalin Software site closed.
5) Adamax Creations files page - closed.
LORD on Bobo's BBS - Michael Everett (closed) ---
New Lord - Sallee Huber (closed) ---
Telery BBS site
Lordnet Homepage
- Rick Parrish ---
WT-LORD WebRing - Thomas Kloos. ---
Smokey's BBS site
LORD Legacy website --
ftp://ftp.lordlegacy.org
- LORD Legacy FTP site. By Michael Preslar.
Lord2 Legacy Site -
never completed, no work done on site since April 2000.
http://teos/lordlegacy.org - Never developed past opening screen.
03/31/01 Updates: Updated entry for Lordnet site. It
was relocated last year. Identified New Lord site by site and author's
names. Replaced previously removed address for WT-Lord web-ring, which
had previously been believed to be closed down.
Michael
Bujold ---
CanuckSoft
New version of Crazy Tom's Hut Lord2 IGM released in February 2000.
New Frank's Firearms Lord2 IGM released in mid-March 2000. Notes from
Michael: If any LORD2 IGM authors decide to give up on LORD2, I would
only be too happy to continue updating and supporting their old IGMs,
with my name on it, of course. Naturally, they would get credit for the
initial concept. I would take over for normal LORD IGM authors too, but
alas, my Pascal knowledge is rather limited. I've been leaning more
towards C++, and experimenting with developing LORD IGMs with that. A
toolbox for this would help me greatly, if you know of any, or know of
anyone who might know... Several new IGM ideas to expand upon the LORD2
experience are in the works, however, Canucksoft will be devoting a
majority of it's time this year to developing a Multi-User door game.
No particulars are available yet, but what we can say is that it is a
very in-depth, very absorbing, very rewarding game. Check out the
Canucksoft site over the next several months for information regarding
this new game.
12/06/2000 Update: Updated email/website addresses.
Michael has not responded to email in recent months, so is considered
fully inactive. 03/27/2001 Note: Michael is considered fully
active again. See LordNews Issue #6 for other info. Replaced the email
and site addresses. He moved to the geocities address last year.
Codax Dragon
--
Codax's Dragon's Den Ultd
Note: Codax is still working on getting the bugs out of his current Lord
program. He has reviewed several Lord2 programs, so if anyone wishes to
see the reviews, they should write him for copies. Codax: The only reason
LORD2 is at a stand-still is because the sense of competition is gone.
Without the medium to get reviewed games to the public, none feel they
should work on them. Thus is my problem.... I have most of the IGMs
unreviewed by Bobby Queen reviewed and up on my page. I don't mind hosting
a new IGM reviewing page or reviewing. In fact I've offered my services to
Bobby several times. I think you had a great idea trying to get LORD2 to
return to mainstream and I want to help. WE CAN DO THIS! Here is the link:
http://members.xoom.com/drgnden/lord2igm/ .. All the HTML files are
the reviews... I don't have the .zips (for the Lord2 IGMs) but they can be
easily downloaded off Bobby's site... Note 2: These are reviews of some of
the Lord2 IGMs listed on the Official Lord II IGM Archive, in the Untested
IGMs page, done by Codax Dragon.
CREST(~1 HTM 5336 Crestwood/Dragon Lair Pack v2.02 DARKCLK HTM 4947 DarkCloak Tavern v1.30 DOMINU~1 HTM 4839 Dominus Castle v2.01 GROCERY HTM 4705 GreenTree Grocery Store v1.50 HILLSIDE HTM 4774 HillSide City v1.10 LIDDUX HTM 5158 Fortress Liddux v1.60 NORCAPE HTM 5240 NorthCape v1.00 PENYON HTM 4322 Penyon Manor v1.50 SANDLAND HTM 4981 SandLand Village v1.70 SEADEEP HTM 4926 SeaDeep Passage v1.30 SEAFORT HTM 5230 The Sea Fortress v2.10 SETH HTM 4608 Seth Able's Music Shop v2.20 SFARM HTM 4980 The Smiths Farm v1.30 STONE HTM 4471 Stones! v1.00 SWIM HTM 4908 Stone Beach Pass Swimming Area v0.50 -- End of listing. Thanks, Codax, for doing them.
03/31/2001 Note: Removed 12/08/2000 notation. Codax remains
on semi-active status, and is still working on his Cruise Lord2 IGM.
See LordNews Issue #6 for current info.
Mike Ehlert ---
BBS Archives ---
PC Micro LORD Addons
Page
--- PC Micro
LORD Utilities Page ---
PC Micro Door Developer Kits Page
Site status update from Mike: The Pacific Coast Micro site is still up
and running, it's just undergone a few changes. The http URL has
changed from http://www.pcmicro.com/bbs to the new location at
http://archives.thebbs.org
.. All of the files are still available there, but the FTP server at
pcmicro no longer provides file listings to anonymous users.
The BBS Archives site is now a member of the BBS Organization, a small
group of sysops offering several services to the BBS community including web
hosting, mail lists, DNS services, banner exchange, the official BBS FAQ,
and more. I'm slowly going to be moving other BBS section at pcmicro.com
over to thebbs.org as well in the near future, such as the BBS development
news. pcmicro.com will be used for commercial services. Web hosting info:
He offers FREE hosting to anyone with a web-site that is BBS-related, and
for non-BBS sites, the fee is just $10 per month, for 50 megabytes storage
space.
Michael
Everett - web-site closed
I am trying my best to compile a contacts page for LORD Authors. Simply
for the purpose of making registering IGMs very simple, or if
registration is not available, saving people like me lots of time by
just telling them on one simple web page. I am working hard to make this
page full of IGMs but currently only have a few. I will gladly include the
authors names and email later down...
Here is the URL to my site: http://www.bobobbs.net/bbslordigm.htm.
You can find all the info about the authors there :-) all I have right
now basically is updated email address' for LORD Life, Violets Cottage,
and LORD Surburbia. All the other IGM authors listed have not replied as
of yet. NOTE to authors: Please contact Michael and help him with
this project. It is one worth doing, and I am glad he is willing to do the
work on it.
03/31/2001 Note: Michael is still working on contacting Lord
and Lord2 authors. 01/22/02: Michael's site shut down in early
December 2001, and he's working on getting back online.
Suzanne Franklin
-- Kiteria's Korner!
founder
Suzanne is still with us, but suffering from various ailments like
allergies. I had some information incorrect in my first newsletter issue,
so I need to correct that. Suzanne gave up running her Kiteria's Korner
because she was having health problems back then. The following is from
Suzanne for me, and for her LORD friends:
My congratulations to Michael Preslar on finishing LORD's new version.
It sounds very interesting, and I'm sure it will be a major success. As for
Kiteria, I hope she never dies, and to that end, Bobby Queen is doing what
he can to keep her alive and in the thick of things. I no longer make any
contribution's other than occasionally checking the Guest Book (Kiteria's
Korner website) and replying to those who have written to Kiteria. I gave
my notes and permission to George Pope to continue with my work, a new IGM
CHEAT FILE. If he is not interested, someone else may like to pick up the
gauntlet with my blessing.
Steve
Gargolinski --- Black Dragon
Software
LORD updates, let's see, I haven't really worked on anything new for
LORD lately. It just seems like there's no reason to, the BBS scene
being near death (sadly...), as I write this. Maybe I'll write just one
more LORD IGM or something for old-times sake, but I think I'm going to
turn my attention to an RPG in the style of the greatest ever, Dragon
Warrior.
Maybe if the LORD updates breathe new life into the scene, then
I might consider writing more software (I doubt this will happen, though).
BTW - If you want the source to anything I wrote just drop me a line or
check out the files page on http://bdsoft.cjb.net - It might already be
there. Well people, it seems LORD's day has finally come to an end, it's
sad - But it was quite a ride, wasn't it. To quote a good BBS friend:
Thanks for the memories, and I hope we can all do it again sometime. But we
never will. Steve.
12/08/2000 Update: Fully inactive, due to lack of new
programming ideas, mostly.
Joel
Gathercole -- Lord II: Complete New World (Closed)
New site in development: http://www.lordii.net
Joel has recently released the latest version of his Complete New World
program, version 136.0. It now contains an auto-updater program which
sysops can use to update their CNW setup more easily with. Contact him
for more details about it if interested. He has also changed to a new
website address - http://lord2.darktech.org - and all past versions of
his CNW program may be downloaded from there. He also mentioned a Lord2
mailing list. It is at lord2@egroups.com, to subscribe write to
lord2-subscribe@egroups.com.
12/06/2000 Update: Corrected email/web-site addresses. Note:
Joel is currently working on a new version of Lord II: CNW. 04/07/2001
Notes: Joel moved his web-site to http://greenmachinebbs.com/lord2/
around January 2001. The current version of CNW is 137.1. For more info,
see LordNews Issue #6. 12/24: Dropped
Yahoo email link; no longer usable.
Duncan
Idaho -- VisualMatrix Homepage
Duncan is working on his DuneWorld Lord2 program, and has
a web page that people can visit. http://members.xoom.com/InnuendoNZ/ When
he's finished working on it, his website will be named BYTE-ME Software
Productions. DuneLord2, is an update of his original program, which he
didn't release due to not being satisfied with it. He thinks he may be
able to release it by mid-2000. He is also now working on another Lord2
World, which is based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time book series.
This one is named L2WoT.
03/31/2001 Note: Duncan is still working on DuneLord and
Lord2: WoT. 08/02/01: Added web-site address, does not contain
any LORD material yet. 12/24: DuneLord public beta #1 released
today. Available from the Lord Legacy FTP site.
Peter Jackson:
He has changed email addresses. Sometime in the future, he
will be putting his Lord and Teos files back online on a new web-site.
Peter: I may or may not work on more IGM's. I definitely plan to do up a
really nice (Shockwave) Flash web site and even another BBS.
12/06/2000 Update: Peter's email address stopped working
during the summer of 2000. 03/31/01: He has not been heard from
since then. His programs are all unsupported now. Web-site was never
reopened.
Korombos --- SharkWare (CLOSED)
He has nothing to report currently about his Lord programs development
plans, or about the KDrive program.
12/08/2000 Update: Currently partly inactive. 04/01/01:
Updated email/web-site addresses. Sharkware now has its own domain.
He is fully active, and is currently working on updates of KDrive, Klord,
and his Lord igms. 04/14: Those programs are now available.
See Lordnews #6 for further info. 08/02/01: Web-site closed down
last month, reason unknown. Email account is also closed.
Michael
Preslar --- Alternate email: mpreslar@mailcity.com
LORD Legacy Site ---
LORD Legacy FTP ---
Elysium Software
02/28/2000 - from LORD Reborn News page: Rick Parrish will
be working on LordNet. He has an Y2K fix for it, located at
http://lordnet.lordlegacy.org. No, Lord is not dead. I've just been
busy earning a living. Things will settle down soon, I hope. In the
meantime, check out http://org.darktech.org. I'm a programmer for
Inventive Communications, working on various things, such as Perl CGI's
for www.inetlibrary.com, ... Anyway, part of the "perks" of the job
is an IP, a server, and use of the company's T1 line. org.darktech.org
is my testing ground for new CGI's and a few other things.
From Michael via Email message - March 2000:
Legend of the Red Dragon v4.05 Public Beta has been released,
as of March 15th. As a beta, it could still have some bugs, but that's
the purpose of a public beta, right? To help the developer get the bugs
out. This is a good show as to what's to come. New in this release:
Lady, a random event scripting language with full
documentation, example scripts, and 3/4 of the default random events moved
to Lady. Uses less memory, optimized code, runs faster, smoother.. a BRAND
NEW LordCfg written from scratch.. Many bugs and cheats fixed.. 4 pages
worth in the whatsnew.txt.. I've also registered a domain name..
www.lordlegacy.org and have begun the work on it. I'll have the Lord site,
Lord2, Teos, and everything else relating to the Lord Legacy. Plus a few
new, unique things not available anywhere else that are highly sought
after.
Since I've had my hands full working on Lord, and am pushing to get
the Lord2 and Teos contracts soon, I've asked Rick Parrish to work on
LordNet. Within 4 hours, he had a Y2K fix. He is continuing work, and
should have it all rewritten sometime soon (I think he said mid-summer.)
From March 29, 2000 entry - Lord Reborn Rambling page: And as you might have noticed.. Lord 4.05 public beta has been released. So far, things have gone incredibly smooth. I've received a few bug reports.. But not for 4.05pb (yay!). If you send an email to e_maus@covingtononline.com with a subject of "send me lord" (no double quotes), my email bot will send you the latest lord exe's as well as any other goodies I have waiting (new menusets, etc) .. The bug reports I've gotten so far have been for these snapshot exe's. (Hey guys, sorry for the display problems. I've been cleaning those routines up, and tweaking them). More Good News: It's been approved. Ill be "adopting" Lord2 and Teos as well. (Ya didn't think I had lord2 and Teos sites for nothing, eh?) The contracts have yet to be signed, but I'm sure they will be soon. -- Michael, 5:00am. Posted March 21 and 24: Got an email this morning.. Sometime in the next 2 weeks, I'll be signing another contract.. For Lord2 and Teos! :) woo! www.lordlegacy.org has gone online. lord2.lordlegacy.org and teos.lordlegacy.org are online as well, but aren't developed as far. ftp.lordlegacy.org is up (check the directory /lordlegacy for bunches of lord stuffs)..
Post-release notes: June 2000 Update: LordNet was updated
to fix Y2K problems, and released in early March 2000. No news received
all year, after April release of this issue, about the Lord II and TEOS
contracts. At this time, Gameport has still not sent the contracts to
do Lord2 and TEOS to Michael. (However, that was done in early 2001.)
He is currently classified semi-inactive. Elysium Software was moved
to http://www.elysoft.net (in January 2002). 12/06/2000 Update:
Updated the Lordnet site link - it was moved to
http://lordnet.lordlegacy.org. 01/22/02: The LordNet site is
fully inactive, and the Elysium site is semi-active usually.
03/27/01 Update: Removed unneeded 12/08 entry, and
combined the old update notes into one paragraph. Michael is fully
active again. The Lord Reborn site was integrated into the Lord Legacy
server. No work has ever been done on either the Lord II or TEOS legacy
sites. Updates of LORD, LORD II, and TEOS were released in February 2001.
The Lord2 and TEOS updates are basic "branding" updates, but have
recompiled .exe files. For a full update, see LordNews Issues #6
and #7.
Seth Robinson ---
Robinson Technologies
Question: When you sold the Lord programs and Teos to
Gameport, did you know that they would not bother to work on them for
such a long time? I've often wondered why you didn't sell to another
programmer who would have jumped in immediately and started work on
updating the programs. Answer: I actually had no plans to sell
LORD, I was about to make my doors freeware. (I had not worked on them
in a long time, and most BBS's were gone, even then..)
Gameport/Metropolis called and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. (I
had no other offers, or tried to sell it to anyone else.) They really
had/have no obligations except to replace lost registration codes of
previous owners, I gave them my database. I could only guess if or
when they would decide to pull the LORD license out and use it on
something new... who knows. They are a pretty large business with lots
of things going for them.
June 2000 Update: Seth was married to Akiko on May 31.
12/08/00 Update: Currently inactive (Lord-wise). 03/27/01:
No longer involved with LORD programming.
Justin Scott
--- Darktech
Justin is working on a new server for Darktech, which he moved to
California last year. The FTP server there no longer is carrying LORD
programs, but does still have some BBS files - Spitfire/VBBS primarily.
According to Justin, they had to take their file archives offline due to
problems with properly indexing the thousands of files, and managing them.
Justin will have a file section with LORD files in it, but does not know
when that will happen. And when his new indexing system is online, he will
be adding more files with full text search and other options.
12/06/2000 Update: Justin stopped hosting LORD sites at
Darktech, and has not been responded to my email since April 2000. He
never resumed carrying Lord files on his FTP site. He is no longer
involved in any known way with LORD. 03/31/01: Removed FTP
address link, and reworded paragraph.
Bryan
Stanbridge -- Purple Frog
Productions -- Alternate Email: bryan@purplefrogprod.com --
Bryan's Files Page
He has stopped working on his Lord programs, due to his music interests
having taken up all of his time. He is willing to turn over his Lord
programs' source code to anyone who is interested in taking over the
programs. No status change as of 04/07/2001, except that he is still
looking for someone to take over his Lord programs. 02/07/02:
Bryan is fully active again, although busy with college job duties,
and is working on updates of Apothecary, Grizelda's House, and Lord
Suburbia. All are in beta testing at this time.
Tien Lung ---
Godlike Productions
Program status info: Amber Crystal development given up, but other
author (Curious) is still possibly working on it. Calib is nearly
completed. All the menu functions, overworld action functions (search,
open door, talk, etc.), and first character perspective dungeon crawling
ala "Wizardry" are about 80-90% complete. All I had to finish was mapping
out the world and plot the story.
03/27/01: Tien abandoned work on CALib, after his partner
quit on him. He has quit Lord2 programming completely, and is now
writing Dungeons and Dragons game programs. All of his Lord2 programs
are believed to still be supported by him.
Bryan
Turner -- Vagabond
Software
Vagabond Software Mailing List -- ICQ#:106168174 --
Bryan's
software Registration Page
Note: All of the Vanadia IGMs are Postcard-ware, meaning you just
send him a postcard to get them registered. Here is information on each
IGM: (02/07/02: Use above registration page to register the IGMs on
Bryan's web-site. He is no longer asking for postcards.)
ILORD210.ZIP - Inter-LORD v2.10 Inter-BBS Gaming for LORD. Provides
an easy to use Inter-BBS option for LORD. NOW USES BRE HOST style routing
system using file attaches. Works with or without The Realm of Vanadia
Series of Inter-IGMs. It has many advanced features, many ANSI graphics,
RIP, lots of user interaction, and solid game play. Minor Upgrade
Y2K Fix, and all reported bugs have been fixed.
V1BAN200.ZIP - Banda's Boardinghouse of Vanadia(tm) 2.00 IGM. Users may explore the large Boardinghouse, play some great ANSI poker, bet on the cock fights, write on the wall, explore upstairs, meet a date, dance, battle, or visit the Gypsy Trailer where they may curse other users, learn their fate, and spy. Has RIP Support, archives for the artwork, supports CLEAN mode and works correctly with Major BBS!
V0REA200.ZIP - Vanadia's Arena of Warriors 2.00 (tm) IGM. The first IGM in the Realm of Vanadia Series of Inter-IGMs. MULTINODE REALTIME user battles and chat in the Inter-IGM arena, support for all BBSs and comm routines LORD supports, original ANSI art, RIP, hundreds of NPCs and chat actions. Will launch the other 5 IGMs in the series and Inter-LORD if present.
V2GYP200.ZIP - The Gypsy Camp of Vanadia TM 2.00 Inter-IGM. Users may visit with the gypsies, receive readings, explore vast caves, meet a powerful sorceress, navigate a river, try knife throwing, find the snake den, buy and sell items found in the caverns, store gold and gems in the caverns and MUCH MORE! RIP support and Part of The Realm of Vanadia Series of IGMs!
V3FOR200.ZIP - The Haunted Forests of Vanadia TM 2.00 IGM. The Haunted Forest is a vast maze for users to explore. There are many new monsters, and they can even create their own to inhabit the forest. They can find fairies in a cave (if they are lucky), meet the hermit, learn spells and go on quests for the enchantress. There are many secrets to be discovered and lots to do. ANSI & RIP support.
V4DIS200.ZIP - Shepley's Distractions of Vanadia TM v2.0 Inter-IGM. Will run independently or with The Realm of Vanadia series of Inter-IGMs. Shepley is an odd little man, but he enjoys playing games. Pay a gem and get to play a few of his 15 games. Games of all types; Card Games, Number Games, Animations, and Word Games. Most of them have never been seen before! An excellent distraction from your typical LORD day!
V5MED200.ZIP - The Medieval Tournament of Vanadia TM 2.00
LORD IGM. Eight unique and addictive ANSI Arcade Games provide the basis
for the tournament. Become the best in your realm and receive a bonus for
the day! Your users have never seen an IGM like this before! This IGM is
excellent for Inter-LORD, and has support that will allow blind callers
using voice terminals to play all the games!!
Also I support Fireside Chat, although I am not doing any upgrades for
it. I have recently been notified that there are some "Bugs" in Banda's
and I will be releasing a new version of them when I get confirmation that
the bugs are gone.
12/06/2000 Update: Bryan is currently fully inactive in
Lord programming and web-site development, but continues to support
his programs, and is active in the Fidonet Lord echo. (Removed unneeded
12/08 entry.) 03/27/01: Bryan announced in January 2001 that he
was no longer doing LORD programming, and that there would be no more
IGM updates released by him. 08/02/01: Added underlining for
program archive names. The Banda IGM update referred to above, was
never released. 02/07/01: Replaced entry header; Bryan has
gone back to Full Active status as a Lord programmer. His new work
includes: Barak's House 2.02 - recompiled for RTE200 fix, for Seth;
The Latrine 3.20 - recompilation, taken over from Vamsi Tadepalli;
and he is currently working on The Lottery, taken over from Chuck Culver.
Bryan has also become co-moderator of the Fidonet DoorGames Echo, which
is run by Ruth Argust. Current non-LORD work is with the Operation
Overkill game, which has been fully updated.
Spencer
Vickers ---
Miniature Lord site
RE: VOYAGE IGM 1.10 (Release circa 1997-1998): I received an e-mail
today from an unsatisfied customer. He asked me how to finish this IGM.
It's been a long time since I've had a look at it, but I thought I'd help
him out, and took a look at it myself. To my surprise I couldn't figure out
how to finish it myself! I could have possibly released a wrong map update
with the file, but I cannot figure out how to win the IGM myself. If anyone
out there has finished the IGM without cheating, please contact me as I'd
like to know how. The IGM has been out for 2 years or so, so I'm a little
surprised that I haven't heard any complaints earlier. You can find the
file at either mine or Bobby's website, if you want to try and figure it
out yourself, or please e-mail me if you know how to beat my IGM!
12/08/2000 Update: Fully inactive. 04/07/01: Spencer has
not been heard from in months, and is on the "Dead Sites" list. His
programs are all considered unsupported now.
Mike Dillon -
-- Crystalline Realms
Mike is still working on development of his ALE Lord utility. 12/08/2000
Update: Currently active, recently released Crystalline Stats program.
08/21/01: Fixed email address.
Bobby Queen --
Official Lord
II IGM Archive Site
Kiteria's Korner ---
Mirror Sites: Kiteria's Korner
--- LORD2 IGM Archive
Bobby is dealing with the bad health of his grandparents and hasn't
been able to spend time on his website.
12/06/2000 Update: Bobby is not currently accessible by email,
and is now listed as a "Dead Site". He was semi-inactive due to health
reasons for most of 2000. Those wishing to have Lord II programs
distributed need to send them to Ruth Argust at ruth@doorgames.org for
Fidonet release.
03/31/2001 Note: Bobby is still semi-inactive. He has
recently undergone major surgery, which he is now recuperating from.
For more info, please see the entries for Bobby in LordNews Issue #6.
Lord2 authors should also be sending their IGMs to Joel Gathercole at
greenie_23@yahoo.com. Bobby's web-site is rarely updated due to his
health problems.
Eric Vinson --
Elysium Software
Eric has written a small program for decompiling LORD II .REC files.
If anyone is interested in it, they should write him.
12/08/2000 Update: Currently fully inactive. Elysium Software
moved to the http://www.elysoft.org address around October 2000.
03/27/01: Removed email address, account closed down. The
site is now dually classified fully inactive, and "Dead Site". For
a full status update on Elysium software, see Lordnews Issue #6
please. 01/22/02: Site now is at www.elysoft.net.
Some may not be actually inactive, but none of them responded to my requests for newsletter entries. And some I did not try to contact, or I had no valid email address for them: Joseph Watson, Jason Brown, Mike Collard, John Elson, Colby Reich, Jay Weber (Elric), Billy England, Carlton Griffin, Eric Richardson, Becky Benjamin, Max Larivee, Thomas Reilly, Ben Tiefert, Tony Brown, Michael Adams, and Paul Koukos. Dawn Bidot, Shawn Highfield, and David Simmons are inactive, but still are maintaining Lord-related web-sites. Others, names unknown, are Arctic Productions, phSoft, and KnyteHawk. Chet Rhodes, Carl Tice, Ben Tiefert, Janet Terry, and John Winter are among those who are either no longer reachable by Email or web-site, or who are known to be no longer involved in Lord programming.
12/06/2000 Update: Joe Marcelletti is now unreachable by email, and the IceRage web-site closed down in May 2000. Mike Snyder has not responded to email in months and is listed as a "Dead Site" currently. Collard, Elson, Reich, England, Griffin, Richardson, Reilly, Tiefert, Brown, and Adams -- listed above, are all classified "Dead Sites". Some, like Becky Benjamin, "Romeo", and Larivee, phSoft, and Blackfist, no longer have web-sites. Paul Koukos and Mike Snyder's status is unknown, and both are thought to be fully inactive.
03/31/01 Status Update Notes: Joseph Watson is fully active. The Icerage (Marcelletti), Sunshine IGMs (Becky Benjamin), Fieldsoft (Larivee), and Romeo sites all are closed; with the Benjamin site shutting down this spring. These people appear to be unreachable by email, or don't care to respond, and their sites are still running unattended: Snyder, Collard, Elson, Reich, England, Griffin, Reilly, Tiefert, Tony Brown, and David Simmons. The other entries listed above are still valid.
08/02/01 Revision Notes: Paul Koukos and Mike Snyder were
reclassified as fully Active this summer. The IceRage web-site is open
again, hosted by Shannon Talley, and support of WT-Lord and Icerage's
IGMs has been resumed. For details, see Shannon's entry in
LordNews Issue #7. All other notations in
section are still accurate. 08/21/01 Note: Use following link
to access
Icerage Technologies's new site.
03/31/01: Section layout redone. Late April 2000 release files, and other update notes added to section.
LORD IGMs/Utilities/programs:
-----------------------------------
ILORD200 ZIP 371291 1-01-00 InterLord v2.00
V0REA200 ZIP 178529 1-01-00 Vanadia's Arena of Warriors v2.00
V1BAN200 ZIP 273738 1-01-00 Banda's Boardinghouse of Vanadia 2.00
V2GYP200 ZIP 270260 1-01-00 Gypsy Camp of Vanadia v2.00
V3FOR200 ZIP 288659 1-01-00 Haunted Forest of Vanadia v2.00
V4DIS200 ZIP 209868 1-01-00 Shepley's Distractions of Vanadia 2.00
V5MED200 ZIP 194175 1-01-00 Medieval Tournament of Vanadia v2.00
ILORD210 ZIP 371991 1-22-00 InterLord v2.10
LORDHTM ZIP 57057 2-24-00 LORD HTML page generation utility
LORD405P ZIP 341174 3-17-00 Legend of the Red Dragon v4.05 P. Beta
LORDNET ZIP 125721 3-15-00 LordNet Y2K update (Lord IGM)
--------------------- Released in late April 2000:
CAVE14A ZIP 91731 4-22-00 L.O.R.D. Cavern v1.40a
GATE10 ZIP 76982 4-26-00 The Gateway v1.0
------------ Updated since original release:
LSTRUCTC ZIP 8394 8-20-00 Lord C/C++ Structures
Lord II IGMs/Utilities/programs:
(Also includes Planets: TEOS files)
-----------------------------------
CNW-1340 ZIP 2587487 12-24-99 Lord2: Complete New World v134.0
CNW-1341 ZIP 2588523 12-24-99 Complete New World v134.1 patch
CNW-1342 ZIP 2438168 1-08-00 Complete New World v134.2 patch
BONEFORT ZIP 5267 1-11-00 Bonetown Fortress v1.0
TEMPLE ZIP 19024 1-11-00 The Sysop's Temple v1.0
VIOLET12 ZIP 11502 1-11-00 Flirt with Violet v1.20
XENA200 ZIP 11663 1-11-00 Xena's House v2.0
WEDIT10 ZIP 17365 1-12-00 BDSoft World Editor v1.0
CNW-1343 ZIP 98351 1-30-00 Lord2: Complete New World v134.3 Patch
L2STRUCT ZIP 3023 2-25-00 LORD II Structures
TOMS16 ZIP 8547 2-25-00 Crazy Tom's Hut v1.60
TSTRUCTC ZIP 3538 2-25-00 TEOS - Structures (Mike Dillon)
CNW-1360 ZIP 2334660 3-11-00 Lord2: Complete New World v136.0
RDCOM ZIP 7892 3-15-00 Lord2 REC Decompiler - Vinson
------------ Originally released in December 1999, then re-released in
late 2000, with updated web-site/email address info.
VIOLET12 ZIP 11719 10-04-00 Flirt with Violet v1.20
FRANKS10 ZIP 57713 03-20-00 Frank's Firearms v1.0
------------ Updated since original release:
L2STRUCT ZIP 3284 8-20-00 Lord 2 C/C++ Structures
TSTRUCTC ZIP 4092 8-20-00 Planets:Teos C/C++ Structures
Wildcat Tournament LORD IGMs:
-----------------------------------
RUE16 ZIP 273133 2-09-00 The Rue Morgue v1.60
WITCH29 ZIP 112041 2-09-00 The Witch Doctor's Hut v2.90
OTOWN29 ZIP 224565 2-09-00 Our Town v2.90 Wt-Lord IGM
--------------------- Released in late April 2000:
DODGE10 ZIP 338796 4-26-00 Dodge City v1.0 WT-Lord IGM
------------ BBS Programs usable with Wildcat T-Lord: (Pre-1999 files)
FAIRE401 ZIP 486994 3-24-00 The Faire v4.01
FF600 ZIP 765008 3-24-00 Food Fight II v6.00
------------------------------------------------------------
End of LORD Releases file listing.
I have committed to providing HTML web-page versions of my LORD Newsletters on my web-site. The HTML conversion of my first Newsletter issue is now available on my web-site. Issues #1, #2, and #3 were converted to HTML format, and made available on my web-site by June 2000. Issues #4 forward were created as HTML web-pages from their inception, with text versions created at each issue's release date. 04/10/01: Issue #6 is currently in development, and will be released around April 16, 2001. Removed entire Surveys section from CCIGM-02.TXT - see Lnws02-Survey.txt file inside CCIGM-02.ZIP if you wish to read the contents. Most of the surveys became outdated soon after the issue was released, and are no longer of value. Some parts I'm keeping around, since they are still good.
Authors Survey: Please send me a listing, with BRIEF descriptions, of all LORD/TEOS programs you have written, are working on currently, and have planned for the future. If you have a web-site, please remember to include the web-site address. Indicate if you are still supporting your programs, and if not, whether you are willing to turn them over to someone else, such as Korombos or Michael Preslar, for continued support and maintenance. 04/10: LORD News Page Survey: Idea dropped after issue #2 was released. Removed two-sentence paragraph last year.
Castle Camelot web-site layout changes: 04/10/01 Update: Removed original notes primarily from this section, due to the majority no longer being of value, or the ideas mentioned were dropped after this issue was released. I dropped the plan to make a Lord subdirectory to hold all of my Lord web-page files in. Trying to convert my Lord IGMs page to tables format was dropped. In early March 2000, the Lord II IGMs Page's layout was revised, replacing the old paragraph listings with four tables for listing IGMs. 12/06/2000: In June 2000, the Yosemite Waterfalls Page was created.
Kiteria's Korner Survey: June 2000 update: Rewrote this part. Bobby Queen decided to continue running Suzanne's site. Together we have totally redesigned Kiteria's Korner. For full details, please see LordNews Issue #3, or that issue's HTML conversion page. Two of the original survey questions are still good, and were revised when issue #2 was converted to HTML. (1) Who will be willing to provide new or updated Lord information files for the web-site? Send comments to me by Email: donald.tidmore-NOSPAM@usa.net. (Remove the -NOSPAM part before sending message.) (2) If you have created any LORD IGM Cheat files, please send them to me. They will be considered for use, with copyright credit to the author, through my own web-site. Articles for LORD, LORD II, or Wildcat Tournament LORD are collectively referred to here.
Official Lord II IGM Archive Site Survey: Most of you are aware that the website is not being updated by Bobby Queen, primarily due to personal/family health problems and other factors. Some of us have been discussing by Email having someone else take over running the web-site. June 2000 Update: Bobby has been able to devote more time to his web-site, with some assistance from me. So most of the questions originally presented here, have been dropped, along with discussion with other Lord2 friends about someone taking over running the site. He went back to work on his web-site in mid-April, and has done some great work since. Including adding nice button graphics for page links to the Official Lord2 site, as well as the Kiteria's Korner site.
12/06/2000 Update: Bobby is not currently reachable by
email, and both his Official Lord2 site and the Kiteria's Korner site
are fully inactive. I'm thinking about taking over running Kiteria's
Korner as a result. For more info on this, see
LordNews Issue #5. Those needing to have Lord II programs
distributed, need to send them to Ruth Argust at ruth@doorgames.org.
Due to the two sites' current situation, I have deleted all of the
survey questions pertaining to them.
04/10/01 Update: The entire Surveys section has been
rephrased and reworded, with some parts dropped. It turned out that
Bobby's ISP was losing mail sent to him, and after a lot of
aggravation from them, they finally fixed that situation. Bobby had
major surgery in March, and has been fully inactive since then,
recuperating at home. It is not currently known when he will be able
to resume updating his Official Lord2 site or the Kiteria's Korner
site. For more info, see LordNews Issue #6.
02/06/02 Note: Around April, I will be relocating the .TXT files
for Issues #6 and #7 to the Lord Legacy FTP server. So if the links
don't work, check the Lordnews directory at ftp.lordlegacy.org/. The
primary .ZIP archive files for all issues, HTML or Text, will ALWAYS
be kept on my web-site. The full URL is:
ftp://ftp.lordlegacy.org/lordlegacy/lordnews/.
This issue had contributions from 17 Lord authors and friends, and their assistance was/is greatly appreciated. The Text versions of each issue, when released publicly, are distributed via Listbot. This version was released on April 05, 2000 in two parts. Printing Info: Using Netscape Navigator, this page is 10-11 pages long. Issue #3 is scheduled for June release, and will be named CCIGM-03.TXT. When created, that issue's HTML conversion page will be available as ccigm-3.html.
HTML Conversion Pages Notes - June 2000: Issue #1's
conversion page was released on April 28. The conversion pages for
issues #2 and #3 were both finished and released on June 27-28.
12/06/2000 Update: Issue #3 was released on June 20. Issue
#4 was released on September 19. The scheduled release date for Issue #5
is December 18-19, 2000. I've deleted some survey sections since they
were only in effect for one issue, including those about the Kiteria's
Korner web-site. Issue #4 was prepared as an HTML web-page, since I
decided it was easier to convert an HTML file to text. Those who wish
to send in entries for Issue #5, or later versions, can reach me by
Email or via my site's Guestbook.
03/31/01 Note: Removed entire Surveys section from
CCIGM-02.TXT, during its initial update. It was archived inside
CCIGM-02.ZIP, as Lnws02-Survey.txt, should anyone care to see the
original section's text. All of the surveys became outdated soon after
the issue was released, and are no longer of value. Some parts I've kept
around, since they are still good.
My thanks to the following friends for supplying me with
entries for this issue. Michael Bujold, Codax Dragon, Mike Ehlert, Michael
Everett, Suzanne Franklin, Steve Gargolinski, Joel Gathercole, Duncan
Idaho, Peter Jackson, Korombos, Michael Preslar, Seth Robinson, Justin
Scott, Bryan Stanbridge, Tien Lung, Bryan Turner, Spencer Vickers, and
Eric Vinson. Thanks also to friends like Ruth Argust who have LORD
web-sites. And to others who did not send me anything usable for the
newsletter, including Bobby Queen, Elric, and Mike Dillon. Thank you
all for your support.
LORD IGM Authors Newsletter, Issue 2, was released in Text format, via Listbot, on April 05, 2000. This HTML version was started in mid-June, and was released via my web-site on June 23, 2000. Major changes made to this include a full revision of the Surveys section, making web-site links into hyperlinks, adding a page counter, and the update of the Surveys section and Newsletter Summary section.
The first primary update of LordNews Issue #2 was when it was released as an HTML web-page on June 26, 2000. Various author and site entries were updated to reflect email/website address changes, site closures, etc. The HTML version of LordNews Issue #3 was released on June 28 also. Second primary update started on Dec. 06, 2000. Various author entries updated for email address/author name hyperlinks, or to reflect where some authors are no longer available. Modification history section and LordNews Issues section have been revised. Added corrected web-page counter code, due to geocities changing counters on its users in October 2000. All listed email/web-site addresses are currently valid. LordNews Issue #2 (HTML) officially re-released on Dec. 12, 2000 (at 01:29 am). 04/07-10/2001 Update: Updated issue files, ccigm-2.html and ccigm-02.txt, to use basically the same update notes. Did needed updates for email/website address changes, and added brief update notes for various sections and author entries. Finished issue update on April 14, 2001. 08/02/01: Added short update notes to parts of web-page. 08/21/01: Fixed one email address error, replaced LordNews Issues Links section, Added current Icerage Tech. web-site link. Added LordNews mailing list update paragraph. 10/31/01, 12/10/01: Replaced LordNews Links Section. 12/10: Replaced LordNews mailing list info. 12/21: Miscellaneous updates done. 12/24: Added Table of Contents, issue section relocations.
January-February 2002: 01/20/02: Replaced LordNews issues
Links section. 01/22: Updated Michael Everett entry. 02/07:
Sight checked email links; entry updates: Gathercole, Turner; issue
links updated. Re-posted issue to Camelot LordNews FDN on Fidonet.
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